Five irregularly stacked boxes wrapped by red staircases will form the Harbour Experience Centre, which MVRDV has designed for the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. More
lA group of US-based companies has launched an initiative to increase racial diversity across all fields of design through systemic change. More
The UK needs to drastically improve its "poorly insulated, draughty" homes if it is to eradicate its carbon emissions, according to Hayden Wood, CEO of renewable energy supplier Bulb. More
HomeForest, an app that uses smart devices to bring the restorative effects of nature into the home, has been named as the winner of the inaugural Davidson Prize. More
A group of UK technology companies have banded together to form Tech Zero, a taskforce that will help the sector set targets for net-zero carbon emissions. More
Architectural historian Kenneth Frampton has been awarded a CBE, while architects Peter Barber and Sumita Singha, along with London Festival of Architecture founder Peter Murray, have received OBEs in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours. More
This week on Dezeen, this year's coronavirus-delayed Serpentine Pavilion, a structure made from abstracted fragments of London, opened its doors. More
German architect Gottfried Böhm, designer of the brutalist Church of the Pilgrimage, has passed away aged 101. More
SWA Group's design for a permanent memorial to those killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut has been given the go-ahead to be built. More
Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has broken ground on its transformation and extension of a decommissioned power plant on the waterfront of San Francisco, USA. More
Architect OMA has revealed its plans to transform a former transport hub in Jersey City into The Centre Pompidou Jersey City. More
Tesla and SpaceX entrepreneur Elon Musk is the world's greatest living architect, according to design curator and educator Jan Boelen. More
The Danish parliament has approved the building of Lynetteholm, an artificial island off the coast of Copenhagen that will house 35,000 people and protect the city's harbour from rising water. More
A timber shortage in France has forced prices up as architects struggle to comply with a new environmental law that requires public buildings to be 50 per cent wood. More
This week on Dezeen, Es Devlin created the Forest for Change at the London Design Biennale and Superflux installed fire-blackened pine trees at the Vienna Biennale for Change 2021. More
Danish studio Dorte Mandrup has designed a city-centre IKEA store with a public rooftop park that will act as a "green lounge" for Copenhagen, Denmark. More
Curators of fifty national pavilions at the Venice Architecture Biennale have come together to collaborate and share resources as part of the Curators Collective. More
University College London has launched a review into the Bartlett School of Architecture after ex-students came forward with allegations of sexist and racist treatment. More
British designer Es Devlin has filled the courtyard of Somerset House with trees for her Forest for Change installation as part of this year's London Design Biennale. More
The Eden Project charity has announced its plans for its first ecological attraction in Scotland, which is set to be built on a disused industrial site in Dundee. More
